nhl Game Recap
Philadelphia Falls 3-2 to Islanders - Recap
Brock Nelson scored a pair of goals against the Flyers as New York handed Philadelphia a 3-2 defeat on Sunday at Scotiabank Arena.
New York was favored by -123 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went PUSH the consensus closing total of 5.0.
New York got goals from Brock Nelson(2), and Jean-Gabriel Pageau in the victory. Nelson opened the scoring at 6:52 of the second period.
Thomas Greiss stopped 36 of 38 Philadelphia shots in the victory.
Philadelphia got goals from Sean Couturier, and Ivan Provorov in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Brian Elliott stopped 30 of 33 shots for the Flyers, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, New York went 0-for-1, while the Flyers were 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
New York lost the shots on goal battle to Philadelphia by a margin of 38-33.